'It wasn't me': Footage shows millionaire tech entrepreneur's final words after being fatally shot by a trigger-happy cop while defending his home from a suspected burglar

• Victim is shot four times by police in swanky Austin neighborhood


• Rajan Moonesinghe is armed because he suspects an intruder on his property


• An officer shouts: 'Drop the gun' but fires before he finishes sentence


• As he lies dying on the ground, Moonesinghe says to officers: 'It wasn't me'


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  A horrifying video shows Austin tech entrepreneur Rajan 'Raj' Moonesinghe being shot dead by local police as he inspected the perimeter of his home for an intruder with a rifle in his hands.

  
  
  

  Moonesinghe, 33, a successful tech entrepreneur who had moved to the wealthy South Austin neighborhood about five years ago, was killed on the front porch of his home on November 15. As he lay dying, he said the words: 'It wasn't me.'

  
  
  

  At around 12.30am, Moonesinghe told a neighbor that someone was in his house and he was going to call 911, the WSJ reported.

  
  
  

  Police arrived on the scene just five minutes later, moments after Moonesinghe fired two shots into his own living room - and four shots were fired that killed the businessman. 

  
  


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  Across the street from his home, a private security guard for his neighbor had already called the police to report what Moonesinghe was doing.

  
  
  

  The guard said in a call to a dispatcher: 'He almost seems to be scared of something inside his house.

  
  
  

  'He's pointing the rifle at the interior of his home,' he said, before Moonesinghe called into his living room and fired shots inside.

  
  


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  Nearly as soon as they had arrived, Officer Daniel Sanchez shouted: 'Drop the gun,' though he began firing before he'd finished the sentence. 

  
  
  

  It is likely that Moonesinghe hadn't heard anything before being hit since bullets travel faster than the speed of sound.

  
  
  

  The 33-year-old of Sri Lankan descent was taken to the hospital, where he died shortly after from his injuries. No one else was harmed during the encounter and police did not find an intruder in the South Austin home. 

  
  
  

  The three reporting officers said they could see into the house because the front door was open. 

  
  
  

  According to a preliminary autopsy ordered by the victim's family, Moonesinghe was hit four times. A full medical report is yet to be released by the county medical examiner.

  
  


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  The Austin Police Department has yet to comment on the shooting. Sanchez has been a licensed officer with the force for nearly three years. With him on the scene were Officers Stephen Markert and Luis Brito.

  
  
  

  The shooting is still under investigation and Officer Sanchez is on administrative leave. His attorneys said he 'followed his training in order to protect lives.'

  
  
  

  The department has launched two investigations, one criminal conducted by the Special Investigations Unit and the District Attorney's office, and one administrative, conducted by the department's Internal Affairs Unit. 

  
  
  

  Austin Mayor Steve Adler called the fatality a tragedy, adding that he is waiting for more information before he arrives at an opinion.

  
  
  

  'I have a lot of questions, as I know the family does,' he said. 'Why did it happen?'

  
  
  

  Together with his older brother Johann, Raj ran a financial technology company called InKind which provides upfront financing to restaurants.

  
  
  

  The company has an annual revenue of $48million and had plans to increase its 50-person Austin staff to 180 employees by the end of 2023.

  
  


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  read and see more  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11562195/It-wasnt-said-Austin-tech-entrepreneur-Raj-Moonesinghe-shot-dead-police.html

  
  

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